Favourite Black Comedies?
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Heathers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2OPV6iuk2o
And anything by Terry Gilliam: Brasil, Fear & Loathing...anything.
And anything by Terry Gilliam: Brasil, Fear & Loathing...anything.
just remembered a two more good black-comedies.
Black sheep is really funny,if you dont mind a lot of blood.
cockneys vs zombies is worth a watch if you like Shaun of the dead mixed with snatch.
Black sheep is really funny,if you dont mind a lot of blood.
cockneys vs zombies is worth a watch if you like Shaun of the dead mixed with snatch.
Glad to see I'm not the only one who misinterpreted that title at first.
Well it's not quite my favorite, but Cabin in the Woods is damn good and hasn't been mentioned yet.
Well it's not quite my favorite, but Cabin in the Woods is damn good and hasn't been mentioned yet.
Absolutely has to be Waking Ned Devine. It's like Weekend At Bernie's only everyone is septuagenarian, Irish, and rather than throwing a party, they masquerade as their deceased neighbor to win the lottery.
I'm too lazy to check if anyone else said it but does Kiss Kiss Bang Bang count? It had some dark moments but it was definitely mainly a comedy if not then 7 psychopaths is really good, I really need to watch In Bruges one of the days...
They are getting a sequel though!Spikethebloody said:
"In 2012, following the release of his first big-studio film, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Wirkola announced the sequel to Dead Snow, titled Dead Snow: War of the Dead." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Snow
I did not know Hansel and Gretel was him. I may have to see it even if Movie Bob was meh on it.
How could I forget, hell, how could I forget Lt Practice?Salvius said:
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Little Murders and The In-Laws (like I said, I love a good farce) is how I came to recognize the genius of Alan Arkin.
Added to my Netflix queue. Love Alan Arkin. I can't believe how different he looked in comparison to how he looked in 1971, compared to, say, "Little Miss Sunshine". I can't believe I never heard of this. Looks very interesting.octafish said:
Oddly, another person posted a movie called "Happiness". I mistook it for something that is NOT funny: "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing". It has Alan Arkin in it!
EDIT: The conversations regard happiness.
Well, I think your point is true for most movies here. It's not so much comedy that is the goal, just a lot of dark jokes written into the story they are trying to tell, jokes which will have you thinking: ''Should I laugh at this, or be disturbed that I am asking myself this question?'' I see Lord of War much the same way as I see Portal: really good, and the pitch black humor is really what makes it work.SckizoBoy said:
I didn't have an answer for this thread until today even though I've been lurking it for a few. Today I saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. There's the answer.
This. Most definetly this. I lvoed this movei, it proved to me that one of my colleagues at work had a sense of humour.suitepee7 said:
I'll need to see that, my friend is in love with the version of "The Parting Glass" they use in the movie.drzoidbergmd said:
OT: In Bruge is a fantastic movie. My second-favorite black comedy is Thank You for Smoking, where Aaron Eckhart plays a lobbyist for the tobacco industry whose job is to lie to everyone to convince them smoking isn't bad for you. The book is even better, but the movie does have this scene.